tttn wrote:hi guys-maybe this has been answered already, but anybody know when we get our hastings ids? kind of a pain to keep signing into security when you just want to go into the building to go to bookstore or something...

Got mine just yesterday...

how?

Talk to the old dude at the front desk. I believe he has packets sorted out by Tower room numbers. He will give you a packet that contains your room key, your lease agreement, the room condition form, and an additional form which you will need to take to the 200 Hastings building to the security office from which you will need to take the elevator to the basement floor. A security officer will take your photo, create an ID with it, then go over what you can do with the ID, etc. That's that.

tttn wrote:hi guys-maybe this has been answered already, but anybody know when we get our hastings ids? kind of a pain to keep signing into security when you just want to go into the building to go to bookstore or something...

Got mine just yesterday...

how?

Talk to the old dude at the front desk. I believe he has packets sorted out by Tower room numbers. He will give you a packet that contains your room key, your lease agreement, the room condition form, and an additional form which you will need to take to the 200 Hastings building to the security office from which you will need to take the elevator to the basement floor. A security officer will take your photo, create an ID with it, then go over what you can do with the ID, etc. That's that.

I have another question. I just moved into my efficiency unit and have to say that it's pretty cold in here! Cold air just seeps through the poorly sealed windows. It seems to me the heating system doesn't work.

Besides wearing jackets and sweaters while inside, what do you guys do to stay warm

I slept with tons of clothes on huddled beside the radiator last night. I wish fedex would hurry and bring my boxes with my blankets.

I have another question. I just moved into my efficiency unit and have to say that it's pretty cold in here! Cold air just seeps through the poorly sealed windows. It seems to me the heating system doesn't work.

Besides wearing jackets and sweaters while inside, what do you guys do to stay warm

I slept with tons of clothes on huddled beside the radiator last night. I wish fedex would hurry and bring my boxes with my blankets.

Haha. I pushed the window down with extra force to seal out any air coming in and slept with a sweater on last night. I have a heater from Amazon coming in a few days.

Figured why not with the fall/winter months approaching. The heater in my unit sucks anyway.

Oooh I got that LinC class too! *waves to fellow section 3ers* First reaction was anger, followed quickly by abject depression. Now I'm at meh. Maybe it will help with LW&R. On the other hand, it's two extra hours of class, plus assignments. Even if it doesn't figure into our GPAs, doesn't it put us at a bit of a disadvantage to have to spend extra time on this class during our first semester?

pamcasso wrote:im ordering my books right now....is there no type of book for the legal writing class? just want to make sure before i put in my order

Where are you ordering from? How big are the savings? What's their return policy? I'm just trying to decide if I should do this, or just get everything from from the bookstore. They offer some sort of discount as I recall.

pamcasso wrote:im ordering my books right now....is there no type of book for the legal writing class? just want to make sure before i put in my order

Where are you ordering from? How big are the savings? What's their return policy? I'm just trying to decide if I should do this, or just get everything from from the bookstore. They offer some sort of discount as I recall.

I'm ordering from various websites, through the secondary market (half.com, amazon.com, etc). I'm just basically looking for a used copy that is in good condition. The prices are about half that of the bookstore's used books.

The only reason I can see one would order from the bookstore is convenience. For price, you can do better by looking around at used books.

pamcasso wrote:im ordering my books right now....is there no type of book for the legal writing class? just want to make sure before i put in my order

Where are you ordering from? How big are the savings? What's their return policy? I'm just trying to decide if I should do this, or just get everything from from the bookstore. They offer some sort of discount as I recall.

im getting some from amazon...but i'm ordering a few from the bookstore either because the used on amazon aren't marked "very good" (i'm particular), the price difference is minor, or the book i need is new (so no used copies). but what i'll save on even one casebook alone makes me happy

I snapped up a couple "like-new" copies of books that were priced similarly to "good" copies with highlighting and notes. They are in the mail, so it remains to be seen whether their descriptions were accurate.

The cost of the required books are only the half of it. There's also supplemental books to buy. I'm not really sure what will be useful yet, so I'm holding back on those until I get a better idea of which books are useful and which aren't.

missinglink wrote:I snapped up a couple "like-new" copies of books that were priced similarly to "good" copies with highlighting and notes. They are in the mail, so it remains to be seen whether their descriptions were accurate.

The cost of the required books are only the half of it. There's also supplemental books to buy. I'm not really sure what will be useful yet, so I'm holding back on those until I get a better idea of which books are useful and which aren't.

+1 to the supplements. although when i was ordering one of my casebooks under the section that says what other people bought with it there was a case summary book thing keyed to the casebook so i ordered it as well....smart move i hope? it was only $4 used so i couldnt pass it up

zeth006 wrote:Some bastards snapped up the remaining cheap copies of the Civ Pro casebook. I was planning to buy one this morning...but now they're all gone.

Oh well. If I don't see one that's significantly cheaper for a while, I'm going to stop by the bookstore and pick it up.

After I saw one book I was watching in 'very good / like new' condition get snapped up, I stayed up 'till about 1am last night after I got home late to order the rest of the books I had found fairly cheap.

zeth006 wrote:Some bastards snapped up the remaining cheap copies of the Civ Pro casebook. I was planning to buy one this morning...but now they're all gone.

Oh well. If I don't see one that's significantly cheaper for a while, I'm going to stop by the bookstore and pick it up.

After I saw one book I was watching in 'very good / like new' condition get snapped up, I stayed up 'till about 1am last night after I got home late to order the rest of the books I had found fairly cheap.